Is there really no alternative to a plain except? This would even catch KeyboardInterupt etc which we surely don't want. Which exceptions can occur here? As a last resort you can use except Exception, but I'd prefer it explicit.

Is there really no alternative to a plain except? This would even catch KeyboardInterupt etc which we surely don't want. Which exceptions can occur here? As a last resort you can use except Exception, but I'd prefer it explicit.